Lesson 1D.1
1D.1 The growth of parliamentary democracy, c1785–c1870 Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 4
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The 20 questions
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Which borough property qualification was introduced by the Great Reform Act of 1832?
- £5 householders
- £50 tenant farmers
- Universal male suffrage
- £10 householders
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How many key points were contained in the People's Charter of 1838?
- Four points
- Eight points
- Ten points
- Six points
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Which organisation led by Thomas Attwood campaigned for parliamentary reform in 1830–32?
- National Chartist Association
- Birmingham Political Union
- Reform League
- London Working Men
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Which group gained parliamentary voting rights under the Second Reform Act of 1867?
- Urban male householders
- Agricultural male labourers
- Tenant farmers only
- All adult women
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Which organisation was founded in 1865 to campaign specifically for manhood suffrage?
- National Chartist Association
- The Reform Union
- The Reform League
- Anti-Corn Law League
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In which country did the armed Chartist Newport Rising of 1839 take place?
- Wales
- Scotland
- Ireland
- England
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What name was given to parliamentary constituencies with tiny electorates controlled by patrons?
- Open boroughs
- Potwalloper boroughs
- Rotten boroughs
- Pocket counties
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Which major industrial town gained parliamentary representation under the 1832 Great Reform Act?
- Old Sarum
- Dunwich
- Gatton
- Manchester
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How many national petitions were presented to Parliament by the Chartists?
- Three
- Two
- Six
- Four
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Which period of political crisis in May 1832 forced the Lords to reform?
- Days of May
- Rebecca Riots
- Pentrich Rising
- Peterloo Massacre
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Which Chartist faction advocated violence and alienated middle-class supporters?
- Physical force Chartists
- Moral force Chartists
- Utilitarians
- Christian Socialists
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Which Conservative politician led the passage of the Second Reform Act of 1867?
- Robert Peel
- Benjamin Disraeli
- Lord Liverpool
- William Gladstone
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Which organisation organised the 1866 Hyde Park rally where crowd violence broke railings?
- Birmingham Political Union
- The Reform League
- The Chartists
- The Reform Union
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Which philosopher's utilitarian ideas strongly influenced 19th-century British parliamentary reform?
- Edmund Burke
- Thomas Paine
- Jeremy Bentham
- John Locke
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Which voter group gained county franchise under the 1832 Reform Act's Chandos clause?
- £10 householders
- £50 tenant farmers
- £5 copyholders
- Universal male electors
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Which group retained political dominance in Parliament directly after the 1832 Reform Act?
- Industrial middle class
- Landed aristocracy
- Agricultural labourers
- Urban working class
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In which year was the final major Chartist petition presented to Parliament?
- 1838
- 1848
- 1867
- 1832
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Which Conservative politician steered the Second Reform Act through Parliament in 1867?
- Earl Grey
- Lord Liverpool
- Benjamin Disraeli
- William Gladstone
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Which popular organisation formed in 1865 to campaign for universal male suffrage?
- Birmingham Political Union
- Reform League
- Anti-Corn Law League
- Chartists
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In which year was secret voting introduced in British parliamentary elections?
- 1867
- 1832
- 1872
- 1850
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